Questions tagged [united-kingdom]
For questions specific to the United Kingdom. Note that the UK does not have a common legal system across its jurisdictions - consider using [scotland] or [england-and-wales] or [northern-ireland].
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What is the legal limit of alcohol concentration in a person's sweat?
What is the legal limit of alcohol in the sweat of a person, so that it is deemed illegal for him to drive? Im more concerned about the legal limit in the UK, but any other country is also appreciated....
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How can sexual assault on a minor not result in jail time in the UK?
In a related story, I read that a British convicted paedophile who was found guilty of sexually assaulting an eight year old girl a few years ago, was then only sentenced to "community order." (...
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if person A reserved a car, but person B buy the car, can person A take back the car? If so, what can person B do?
The title explain basically everything.
What can person B can do if person A take back the car ?
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Illegal worker definition
A visitor to the UK stays with a UK citizen, offers cleaning services in exchange for room & board. Would a work visa be required for this?
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Acts passed in the UK affecting criminal justice under Blair
What is the best repository for researching acts that were passed in the UK under a certain government that affected a specific area of legislature? Is it necessary to trawl through all acts passed ...
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Resident tenants fined for parking in residents' parking area
A magement company owns a block of flats and the surrounding plot of land.
Flat "owners"/leaseholders take out a mortgage to lease the flats for a number of years.
They sublet to tenants (with ...
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Rental Agent claiming an admin fee from 2 years ago
(Context Details: UK, renting in London. Agent is Foxtons.)
I've just left a rental property after 3 years there.
The landlord has authorised the full return of the deposit, but the rental agency has ...
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In English Law, official guidance can state "minor" matters exempt from a statutory requirement -- but on what authority?
I just noticed an oddity in some legal guidance published by the UK Government. The Party Wall Act states that certain works are covered by its requirements, including the requirement to give notice. ...
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Is it legal for a Canadian airline to alter the price of a multi-flight booking after the initial payment and confirmation?
Suppose a customer in the UK books multiple flights with a Canadian airline via telephone.
Say the flights include:
- Flights from the UK to Canada
- Flights from the USA to Canada
- Flights from ...
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Has risk been transferred to the consumer?
I have a question about the passing of risk in the Consumer Rights Act 2015, in the context of the Consumer Contracts Regulations.
If I order something addressed to myself, but at the address of my ...
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UK solicitors as sole executors of a will: any brake on their time and fees?
Somewhere in England:
John is the only child of the widow Jane and sole beneficiary of her will. According to her wishes he was living in her house and managing her affairs while she was sick. When ...
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Does promissory estoppel or estoppel by convention apply to this situation?
Suppose party A has some legal right L. A and party B are in negotiations. B wants to do an action, C, which would entail some risk of loss, but if B is successful, both A and B will acquire a benefit ...
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What are the laws on using a company's logo in journalistic coverage?
We have a non-commercial (academic) blog, and are writing a post about a commercial company.
The post is not especially flattering, for context.
Can we use the company's logo to illustrate the ...
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Can an prospective employer ask for information about your previous salary and base their offer on that?
Can a public-sector employer ask for information about a prospective employee's previous salary? Can they base their offer to the employee on that information? Can the offer be below the advertised ...
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When submitting coursework to a university does the author retain copyright?
Does the author of university coursework retain copyright to it after submission?
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Are nootropics illegal in the UK from April 2016?
According to new Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, the UK's government announced that new legalisation bans all substances deemed as “psychoactive” drugs excluding controlled drugs such as caffeine, ...
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Where can I find UK law on the way through Parliament (with effect before it has gone through)?
(Slightly different to this question: Where can I find actual UK law paragraphs?)
Basically, where can I find such details about laws that are "in-flight", more specifically laws that are on the way ...
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Who owns the trash?
Let's say I invented a machine which turns trash into money. Can I legally:
Take the trash from a trash deposit container outside my neighbor's house, without asking permission?
Go to the landfill, ...
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If an employer overpays salary, how long do they have to take action to be rectify the mistake?
The BBC reported that army helicopter pilots were over paid, and that the Ministry of Defence is aiming to recoup the over payments.
What surprised me is the length of time between over payment and ...
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Is it illegal to aggregate and publish publically available personal information?
Is it against the law to aggregate and publish legally gathered, publically available information such as:
Social media usernames
Real names
Date of Birth
City/Country
Screenshots of posts/comments
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Where can I find actual UK law paragraphs?
In case I want to try to check plain English interpretations of the law against the actual law.
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UK Immigration - is it legal to work remotely from UK as a dependent of a spouse holding a Student Visa [closed]
My wife and I are US citizens. My wife has been accepted to study abroad as an undergraduate for 1 school year (September'16 - May'17) in London, UK under PBS Tier 4 Student Visa. I intend to travel ...
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Should the HR department suggest legal firms after I've been made redundant?
I have been made redundant from a big investment bank in London. Being not a native of the UK I am new to the process and have nobody to ask advice from.
HR told me that I would need to contact ...
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Can a council absolve themselves of responsibility for actions on their property?
Having moved into a brand new property a year ago, we have been plagued by a noise nuisance from the city council owned car park across the road from us (I hate to be the person that moves to a place ...
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Is a new EPC required for a residential property sale or can one from the EPC Registry be used?
In the UK an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is required for the sale of a residential property.
I have 3 questions about these:
1) Is it correct that these have a 10 year validity?
2) Would a ...
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Can a family member's personal property be repossessed for debts? (UK)
If I live in a house owned by someone in debt, can a repo man repossess my personal property -- e.g., my computers?
I live with a person who does not have a good credit history, so I constantly get ...
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Does manually crossing out terms in a printed and signed contract actually change the contract?
Let's say that a typed contract is handed to someone (a new tenant, potential employee, potential customer etc.), and they (the tenant/employee/customer) cross out clauses with a pen.
Lets say that ...
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Does a cafe proprietor have a duty to look after an item of lost property?
This involves the UK. I went to the park with my grandson and his friend to play football. We had quite an expensive, high quality size 4 football. After playing around for a while we went to the park ...
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Is it illegal to mention the name of an illegal website in a message/email in the UK?
Just out of curiosity: is it illegal to mention the name of an illegal website via a private messaging service on a website?
Assuming just the name of the website is mentioned and no links or any ...
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How do I look up the trial experience of a lawyer?
I want to review the trial experience of a particular plaintiff lawyer in Ontario. Where can I get this information?
. . . no answer
Then how does one look up a lawyer's trial record in other ...
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Where can I find regulations for establishing shooting (firearm) schools in the UK?
Are there set laws or regulations that govern the setup of a clay pigeon school in the United Kingdom.
If so, where can I find the specifications.
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In what circumstances are police able to stop the traffic for a convoy?
A bit of context:
Yesterday I was near Oxford Street, London, near to a T junction that has traffic lights. A few police officers on motorbikes, using whistles (not sirens), stopped oncoming traffic ...
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Can a company refuse my redundancy payment because they changed their mind?
I got made redundant a little while ago and managed to find a new job reasonably quickly. However, before I left the old job they changed their mind about making me redundant and asked me to stay. I ...
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Wrongful termination of contract as anticipatory breach?
A is a book publisher and would like to take part in a Book Fair. A contracted B to do all the arrangements, for example, erecting displays and stands in the venue of the Fair. A agreed to pay B by ...
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Does the UK prohibition of 'dishonest' electricity 'abstraction' extend to other utilities?
The Theft Act 1968 prohibits the 'Abstracting of electricity' under s.13. What about other utilities?
e.g. A neighbour secretly connects their hosepipe to a neighbours tap that is easily accessed (...
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Changing a tenancy agreement for a new tenant taking over from an old one
I currently live in a house of 4 tenants. We have each signed a joint tenancy agreement that specifies our monthly rent payable. This tenancy agreement is due for renewal in 4 months from now.
One of ...
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Buying for someone else with reimbursement (UK): is it a sale?
Suppose I buy a Steam game as a gift for someone, as a favor, under the condition I will be reimbursed as soon as possible, and that the sum I'm going to receive only covers my expense.
Under UK law, ...
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Contract tied to a non-refundable deposit if I don't sign
(I read the disclaimer in the sidebar: I'm not looking for legal advice: I'm just curious as to the implications to both parties).
Pre-amble and context: So I'm trying to rent a property in the UK. ...
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Failing to mention when questioned something you later rely on in court
If you are arrested in the UK, you'll hear that your rights include a rider inserted by the 1994 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, after "you do not have to say anything":
But, it may harm ...
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What assets can a creditor make you forfeit in the UK?
If you owe a lot of money in the UK, what assets can the creditor legally force you to sell to pay off the debts? For example, can they make you sell (or remortgage) your family home? What law is ...
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UK: Is it legal to secretly audio record a meeting or a phone call? Is it possible to use such recording in court?
In the United Kingdom:
Is it legal to secretly audio record a meeting (in an office) or a phone call while being a participant?
Is it possible to use such recording as an evidence in court or ...
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My school have monitored my emails - I sent a distasteful email. Can I get in trouble?
I live in the UK.
I recently sent an email to a group of my friends (only close friends) about an incident that has happened recently at my school through the school email (which operates through ...
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(UK) Data Protection Act - Deleting offline data
I have a question regarding the Data Protection Act and the deletion of users private information. If a website was running a weekly backup of users private data (name, date of birth, address etc.) ...
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Is it legal to collect data as a UK company that operates a US server?
I'm a little confused with how the safe harbour law works out.
Related article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35471851
How does this law affect UK businesses that operate an external server ...
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Estate agents faking an offer on a property
I was recently viewing a property to buy in the UK, with an asking price of £400k. On the day of the viewing, but before my appointment, the estate agent informed me that two offers had already been ...
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Can I throw water on annoying people?
Visiting Prague on a trip round Europe I vividly remember being warned that if our party were too noisy outside a residents window at night we might have eggs dropped on us. We certainly didn't make ...
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How a physical person can become liable for claims made against dissolved company?
I'm shutting down my limited company (Ltd) in the UK
My accountant advises me to purchase run-off insurance
With regards to PI Insurance, that is your decision however this is the main thing that ...
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What does it mean for a trial, or other hearing, that has been listed to be “vacated”?
What does it mean, and what are the implications of having a trial (or other hearing) vacated?
Does it more strongly suggest that it will have been dispensed with finally, or that it will be ...
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Landlord's responsibility (or lack thereof) for mould growth
In short, my question is: Are tenants liable for any mould damage to the house?
The reason I ask is because I am currently renting (along with six others) student accommodation, and the letting ...
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